The members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Owerri Zone, have raised the alarm over the Federal Government’s non-implementation of the 2025 FG/ASUU agreement, describing it as “unacceptable”, noting that the government’s inaction could lead to disruption in the academic system.
They called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address what it described as “vexatious delay” in salary, pension and other welfare issues of its members to douse tensions threatening fragile industrial peace across Nigerian universities.
The Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Owerri Zone, Prof. Dennis Aribodor, made the call on Tuesday in a press briefing held at the ASUU Secretariat of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Aribodor, flanked by other members of the Union, criticised the distorted manner of implementation of the agreement in some universities, calling on other critical stakeholders, including traditional and religious leaders, students, parents, Nigeria Labour Congress, media and civil society groups to urge both federal and state governments to ensure faithful implementation of the 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement.
ASUU Owerri Zone is made up of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Imo State University, Owerri, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
